KATHMANDU: Demanding that stakeholders pay a needful attention to youth issues in the context upcoming local level elections, youth activists submitted memorandums to the CPN-UML and the Bibeksheel Nepali Party on Sunday.

The campaigners demanded that youth should be prioritised in candidacy during the upcoming polls. Likewise, they demanded a due prioritisation of youths’ issues including employment and self-employment and more budget allocation in youth-focused programmes in election manifestoes of the party.

Responding to the delegation, both Bhattarai and Thapa said the youths’ concerns were genuine and assured they would be addressed in election manifestoes of their respective parties.